messenger

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mes·sen·ger1 /ˈmesɪndʒə, -sən- $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. INFORMATIONMESSAGEsomeone whose job is to deliver messages or documents, or someone who takes a message to someone else 送信者，信使；通信员2. blame/shoot the messenger ANGRYto be angry with the person who tells you about something bad, instead of the person who caused it to happen 责备/迁怒于送信人 〔指没有责怪肇事者，而是迁怒于传递消息者〕

Examples from the Corpus

messenger• In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.• Deaver also appeared to act as a messenger between the First lady and her husband, and sometimes even as a surrogate.• When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency.• The role chosen by the teacher here is as neutral as possible, to avoid confrontation, effectively a messenger.• Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.• He placed the bet by messenger.• Those signals are carried from nerve cell to nerve cell by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.• He will let my messenger go, I am sure.• Conrad of Speyer was charged with executing one messenger and detaining others.• The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.• The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master's errand had been fulfilled.• Fedora Barbieri with Hina Spani in the role of the messenger.messenger2 verb [transitive]  to send a letter, package etc somewhere using a messenger 差送信人[信使]传送→ See Verb tableOrigin messenger (1300-1400) messager “messenger” ((12-16 centuries)), from Old French messagier, from message; → MESSAGE

mes·sen·ger1 nounmessenger2 verbChineseSyllable  

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messenger

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mes‧sen‧ger¹ /ˈmesɪndʒə, -sən- $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. someone whose job is to deliver messages or documents, or someone who takes a message to someone else
2. blame/shoot the messenger to be angry with the person who tells you about something bad, instead of the person who caused it to happen

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messenger² verb [transitive]
to send a letter, package etc somewhere using a messenger

mes·sen·gerBrE /ˈmesɪndʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmesɪndʒər/ 🔊 nouna person who gives a message to sb or who delivers messages to people as a job 送信人；通信员；邮递员；信使◆He sent the order by messenger. 他通过邮递员发出订单。🔊🔊◆a motorcycle messenger骑摩托车的邮递员●shoot the ˈmessengerto blame the person who gives the news that sth bad has happened, instead of the person who is really responsible 拿报信人出气（而非责备问题的责任人）◆Don't shoot the messenger! 别错怪好人！🔊🔊